HYPERTRICHOSIS IN A GIBBON (HYLOBATES MUELLERI)

Authors
GEISSMANN T
Citation
T. Geissmann, HYPERTRICHOSIS IN A GIBBON (HYLOBATES MUELLERI), Journal of medical primatology, 22(5), 1993, pp. 317-319
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of medical primatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00472565
Volume
22
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
317 - 319
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-2565(1993)22:5<317:HIAG(M>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A case of facial hypertrichosis in a museum specimen of a Bornean gibb bon (Hylobates muelleri) is described. Apparently, hypertrichosis has not previously been reported to occur in nonhuman primates. Similar pa thological conditions are known to occur in humans, but it is unknown whether any of the numerous forms of human hypertrichosis is equivalen t to this case in gibbons.